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Archived News:
Lighthouse Interactive announces the European edition of Keepsake is Gold, and
will ship in English, Dutch, and Italian by the end of the month. The German
edition of the adventure game is already available, while other versions are
still in the works. Here's word: Haarlem, The Netherlands, February 8th
2006: Fast growing publisher Lighthouse Interactive today announced that their
epic fantasy adventure game ‘Keepsake’, has gone gold and is set to ship into
various territories within Europe. Developed by Montreal based Wicked Studios,
Keepsake is a classic tale of mystery and magic set within the enchanted World
of Dragonvale Academy. The latest series of golds supporting the English, Dutch
and Italian languages will be shipped on PC DVD-rom February 24th and 28th
respectively. A fully localised German version is already currently available
throughout the German speaking territories.
Further localized versions, such as Polish, Spanish and Russian, are also
currently in development.
“We are very pleased to announce that further versions, including English, of
Keepsake have now gone gold”, said Erik Schreuder, Lighthouse CEO. “Keepsake has
been a great success with gamers in Germany and we are looking forward to
bringing this terrific adventure title to the rest of Europe”.
Yves Bordeleau, President of Wicked Studios, added: “We are extremely excited to
see Keepsake launching throughout more territories in Europe. Developing
Keepsake has been a work of passion and we are proud to share our adventure with
gamers everywhere”.
VU Games
Community Forums have word that the version 1.03 patch for F.E.A.R. is still
a ways off, in spite of reports that it would be released yesterday
( story). There are comments from the Community Manager saying
they don't know the originations of this story, claiming it was unofficial
information, even though it was based on
a VU Games
Press Release.
The Battle for Middle-Earth II Website (thanks Frans) has details on the
upcoming demo for the Lord of the Rings RTS sequel: - Beginner and
Advanced Tutorial playing as Men of the West
- Play as either Dwarves or Goblins against computer AI (easy, medium, hard, and
brutal settings). Mirror matches are also available (i.e. Goblins vs Goblins or
Dwarves vs. Dwarves)
- Features two maps: Withered Heath and Harlindon
Withered Heath
Withered Heath is a wide open snowy map that will pit you in
the middle of many epic battles. Beware, it also has surrounding mountains and
caverns, perfect for strategic sneak attacks.
Harlindon
The map Harlindon is half filled with a beautiful sprawling
ocean meant to utilize our new naval combat, you can also use this to your
advantage to launch attacks from the sea to land.
- 1.3 GB in size
- Includes the same factions featured in the current online multiplayer beta
test, however, this demo is updated with any and all changes made since the beta
test was released last December.
The French Fire Department 2 Website
(thanks Frans) links to various French previews revealing development of Fire
Department 3, a third installment in the blazing hot strategy series.
This French preview
includes the first 10 screenshots from the project.
Commandos:
Strike Force Product Section narrows the release date for the upcoming
Commandos shooter to April 4, 2006, the date had previously been listed as
Spring, 2006. Thanks Frans.
SUNFLOWERS announces another delay to ParaWorld, the RTS game that was pushed
back to first quarter of this year last summer ( story). The game
is now due at the end of this August. Here's
the latest: SUNFLOWERS will subject the PC game ParaWorld to a thorough
six-month quality assurance process. This will ensure that the title provides a
unique, unprecedented real-time strategy game experience and meets the highest
quality requirements. The game will be released towards the end of August 2006.
Heusenstamm, 03 February 2006 – SUNFLOWERS, leading producer of computer games
and specialist in the Strategy Genre, today announced the new release date for
the eagerly expected real-time strategy title ParaWorld: end of August of 2006.
The period until the release date will be devoted exclusively to quality
assurance processes, e.g. Gameplay Balancing and an intensive, large-scale
Multiplayer Test. The title, developed by the Berlin game studio SEK, will be
released for PC only. During the entire development phase of the project, the
inherent demands regarding the highest possible gaming quality were ensured by
ongoing QA processes. SUNFLOWERS and the Studio employ 30 staff for this task
alone. Each point of criticism was analysed and discussed, and the outcome was
directly implemented in the game.
Adi Boiko, SUNFLOWERS President, explains the decision: “For any real-time
strategy title, perfect balancing is of utmost importance. We want to provide
the consumer with a unique gaming experience which will satisfy game pros as
well as delighting occasional gamers due to the highest possible level of user
friendliness and easy access. “
In order to provide ParaWorld Fans with the optimum gaming experience,
SUNFLOWERS will use the remaining time until the release date to perform one of
the largest-scale Multiplayer tests ever conducted in Germany. The resulting
feedback will be directly integrated into the QA phase. Even before its release,
ParaWorld is considered one of the most significant forthcoming real-time
strategy games. The product transports the player into a parallel world
dominated by dinosaurs and three mighty tribes. Side by side seven controllable
heroes, the player explores 15 equally atmospheric and dangerous prehistoric
scenarios, each consisting of five climatic zones. In the gripping Singleplayer
Mode as well as the extensive Multiplayer Mode, ParaWorld impresses with
dramatic real-time strategy action. With ParaWorld, SUNFLOWERS contributes
significantly to the further development of this popular genre. ParaWorld will
be released exclusively for PC towards the end of August 2006.
A new Dungeon Lords patch is now available updating any prior English edition of
Heuristic Parks' RPG to version 1.4. The download is available on
3D Gamers and
Worthplaying.
The Lada Racing Club Website now
features a new gameplay movie from the upcoming motorsports simulation.
Downloads of the Russian-language clip are also available on
3D Gamers.
- The Godfather
The
Godfather Q&A on Worthplaying discusses Jersey with designer Steve
Smith, learning what exit the upcoming mob game lives near: "Well for one
thing most nearly all the business venues in New Jersey begin as Stracci
owned locations. Thus when the player begins to take over a couple of these
venues and gets the attention of the Straccis, the player – if injured –
will need to take care when trying to get to a safe house or clinic. The
Straccis will be highly visible on many of the Jersey streets. Also,
snooping around the main rail yard can yield some interesting if not
altogether dangerous results."
- Music
Gamecloud's dSonic Q&A talks with Kemal Amarasingham of
dSonic, who create audio content for
computer games.
Yesterday's story of Tesseraction's legal victory over GMX
( story) also referenced a previous story about a
still-outstanding legal action the developer has against DreamCatcher Games. A
subsequent post to our forums by Tesseraction's Kelly Asay clarifies that this
original report ( story) was erroneous, and that they have
never had a lawsuit against DreamCatcher. According to Kelley: "...there is no
Dreamcatcher lawsuit at this moment, the posting was a result of an error - that
post was unintentional and it was removed as soon as it was brought to my
attention. We are sorry for the error."
Second most annoying thing about having a fax line is junk faxes for penny
stocks that show up for no good reason. First most annoying thing is that the
jerks that send these things choose to do so in the middle of the night to avoid
someone actually picking up the phone.
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